Re: Second network adapter

2017-04-01 Thread jdow
On 2017-03-31 22:31, Konstantin Olchanski wrote: On Fri, Mar 31, 2017 at 07:10:22PM -0700, jdow wrote: That's why I pictured IT plus other corporate authorities. When you compromise security on a company's network you give away the keys to the corporate kingdom. That can, has, and should lead

Re: Second network adapter

2017-03-31 Thread Konstantin Olchanski
On Fri, Mar 31, 2017 at 07:10:22PM -0700, jdow wrote: > > That's why I pictured IT plus other corporate authorities. When you > compromise security on a company's network you give away the keys to > the corporate kingdom. That can, has, and should lead to a firing. > > Having a password that

Re: Second network adapter

2017-03-31 Thread jdow
On 2017-03-31 18:09, Konstantin Olchanski wrote: anybody who did [this] [should] be fired upon it's discovery, not "let go" or "laid off" but really "fired for cause". I am not sure I like this crazy talk about IT departements becoming judge, jury and executioner and about firing people left

Re: Second network adapter

2017-03-31 Thread Konstantin Olchanski
> > anybody who did [this] [should] be fired upon it's discovery, not "let go" or > "laid off" but really "fired for cause". > I am not sure I like this crazy talk about IT departements becoming judge, jury and executioner and about firing people left and right for violating some arbitrarily made

Re: Second network adapter

2017-03-31 Thread jdow
On 2017-03-31 15:29, David Sommerseth wrote: On 31/03/17 23:04, jdow wrote: On 2017-03-31 13:44, David Sommerseth wrote: On 31/03/17 13:40, James M. Pulver wrote: Shouldn't we all take a step back here and ask why your IT support isn't providing the resources you need to run the experiment?

Re: Second network adapter

2017-03-31 Thread jdow
On 2017-03-31 13:44, David Sommerseth wrote: On 31/03/17 13:40, James M. Pulver wrote: Shouldn't we all take a step back here and ask why your IT support isn't providing the resources you need to run the experiment? This is absolutely important to consider for the person going to do such a

Re: Second network adapter

2017-03-31 Thread David Sommerseth
On 31/03/17 13:40, James M. Pulver wrote: > Shouldn't we all take a step back here and ask why your IT support isn't > providing the resources you need to run the experiment? This is absolutely important to consider for the person going to do such a project. But that shouldn't stop us on this ML

Re: Second network adapter

2017-03-31 Thread Konstantin Olchanski
On Fri, Mar 31, 2017 at 03:01:30PM -0400, James M. Pulver wrote: > > This is true, but in this case I wonder if the person is drowning > because they followed their GPS (google) off a cliff into the ocean, ... > most likely. > > I just have to wonder, what sort of experiment needs to be >

Re: Second network adapter

2017-03-31 Thread James M. Pulver
On 03/31/2017 01:53 PM, Konstantin Olchanski wrote: On Fri, Mar 31, 2017 at 07:40:15AM -0400, James M. Pulver wrote: Shouldn't we all take a step back here and ask why your IT support isn't providing the resources you need to run the experiment? Cue-in the usual "expectation vs reality"

Re: Second network adapter

2017-03-31 Thread O'Neal, Miles
The reality is, if you don't involve someone from IT, you have a very high likelihood of causing problems for both yourself and others. IT can't necessarily do all the work here, but they should definitely be involved in the discussion. If nothing else, they should be helping decide which

Re: Second network adapter

2017-03-31 Thread Konstantin Olchanski
On Fri, Mar 31, 2017 at 07:40:15AM -0400, James M. Pulver wrote: > > Shouldn't we all take a step back here and ask why your IT support > isn't providing the resources you need to run the experiment? > Cue-in the usual "expectation vs reality" meme. The reality of IT support is you open a

Re: Second network adapter

2017-03-31 Thread Brown, Christopher A
Hi James, and others, On 03/31/2017 07:40 AM, James M. Pulver wrote: > Shouldn't we all take a step back here and ask why your IT support > isn't providing the resources you need to run the experiment? I > certainly would not want a user to set up an ad-hoc linux router that > they didn't

Re: Second network adapter

2017-03-30 Thread Brown, Christopher A
Hi David, On 03/30/2017 04:03 PM, David Sommerseth wrote: > On 30/03/17 20:53, Brown, Christopher A wrote: >> Hi list users, >> >> I am not a network administrator and know only a little bit about the >> topic. I need to set up a switch in my lab, so that I can have a wifi >> access point and an

Re: Second network adapter

2017-03-30 Thread Konstantin Olchanski
> > https://www.unifiedremote.com/ > Thinks for the link. I think I understand what is happening: you - tablet - wifi 192.168.1.x - wifi access point - experiment computer - the world So basically, all you need it to setup your computer as a wifi access spoint. On a Mac, this is done by

Re: Second network adapter

2017-03-30 Thread Brown, Christopher A
Sorry for two replies, James. I forgot to hit reply-all. Thanks for the response. Well, I was hoping not to have to open ports to the world. I am a scientist. I will be using an Android app called unified remote (1) to control experiments running on the desktop. In order to setup the server

Re: Second network adapter

2017-03-30 Thread David Sommerseth
On 30/03/17 20:53, Brown, Christopher A wrote: > Hi list users, > > I am not a network administrator and know only a little bit about the > topic. I need to set up a switch in my lab, so that I can have a wifi > access point and an SL7 desktop computer on the same network, as I need > to be

Re: Second network adapter

2017-03-30 Thread James M. Pulver
This sounds like a bad idea - just wanting to get yourself in trouble. Let's take a step back, what are you trying to do from the tablet that you need open ports to the world for? Have you considered using a remote access system like Anydesk that uses a cloud connection broker of sorts so the

Second network adapter

2017-03-30 Thread Brown, Christopher A
Hi list users, I am not a network administrator and know only a little bit about the topic. I need to set up a switch in my lab, so that I can have a wifi access point and an SL7 desktop computer on the same network, as I need to be able to connect to the pc using a tablet. My administrator